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Susannah Gora

Susannah Gora is the author of "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, And Their Impact on a Generation"

Why Gen Xers love “The Wonder Years” — and everyone else should too

Susannah Gora
Matthew Broderick

In defense of Ferris Bueller, car salesman

Susannah Gora
Kevin Bacon in "Footloose" (Paramount)

Why would anyone remake “Footloose”?

Susannah Gora
Jonah Hill in 2007's "Superbad" (left) and at a BAFTA event in Los Angeles in July, 2011. (Reuters/Fred Prouser)

Are comedians funnier when they're fat?

Susannah Gora
John Cusack in "Say Anything" (Twentieth Century Fox)

Cameron Crowe revisits “Say Anything”

Susannah Gora